Building for liquid storage



Oct. 27, 1953 Filed March 3l 1950 FIG.|.

I5 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 27, 1953 o. JANSSEN 2,656,709

BUILDING FOR LIQUID STORAGE Y Filed March 51, 195o s sheets-sheet 2 FIG. 2.

Oct. 27, 1953 o. JANSSEN BUILDING FOR LIQUID STORAGE 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed March 31, 1950 1 a WVG f. VII,

Patented Oct. 27, 1953 BUILDING FOR LIQUID STORAGE Oscar Janssen, St. Louis, Mo., assigner to Oscar Janssen Stainless Steel Tanks, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application March 31, 1950, Serial No. 153,271

6 Claims.

This invention relates to buildings for liquid storage and more particularly to beer cellars for storage of beer.

The object of the invention is the provision of a building for storage of liquid, in particular a beer cellar for storage of beer, which has a high storage capacity relative to its cost and which may be relatively quickly erected. The building is of multiple-story poured concrete construction. In each story there is a row of liquid storage chambers each of which is formed by an elongate tank of generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced top, bottom, side and end walls of relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal such as stainless steel. The tanks in each story are arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below. Each tank is embedded in concrete poured around its tcp, sides and ends, the concrete covering the tops of tanks in a particular story forming a continuous floor for the row of tanks directly above in the next story. The building is constructed with spaces extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides of adjacent chambers of each row, these spaces forming passages for flow of air between the sides of adjacent chambers for cooling purposes, in the case of beer storage. yOther features will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the elements and combinations of elements, features of construction, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the structures hereinafter described, and the scope f the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which one of various possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a building of this invention, taken on line I-l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical transverse section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical longitudinal section taken on any one of lines such as 5-5 of Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical longitudinal section taken on any one of lines such as 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, a building of this invention is designated I in its entirety. The building is of multiple-story construction, having ten stores as herein illustrated. It will be understood that the number of stories may be varied. The front and rear of the building are designated 3 and 5, respectively. The left side wall, as viewed from the front is designated 1, and the right side Wall is designated 9.

In each story is a row of liquid storage chambers A, nine being shown in row. Each of these is formed by an elongate tank il of generally rectangular cross-section having top, bottom, side and iront and rear end walls l5, l1, I9, 2l and 23, respectively, of relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal, such as i8 gage stainless steel. All walls ci each tank are eXteriorly reinforced by a mesh 25 of reinforcing bars welded to ribs 21 welded to the outside of the walls (Figs. 5 and 6). The tank construction per se is fully disclosed in my copending application entitled Prefabricated Metal Tank for Use as a Lining in a Concrete Tank, Serial No. 153,272, filed March 31, 1950, This particular system of reinforcing the tank is not essential to the invention claimed herein, and it is contemplated that other systems of reinforcing may be used.

The tanks in each story are arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below. The front walls of the tanks are spaced from the front of the building so that, in each story, there is a longitudinal corridor 2B at the front of the row of tanks in each story. The rear walls of the tanks are spaced from the rear of the building, as indicated at 3|, at the rear of the row of tanks in each story. The end tanks at the left ends of the rows are spaced from the left side 1 of the building so as to provide rooms 33 for air cooling equipment, generally designated 35. Each of rooms 33, as herein illustrated, is two stories high. The end tanks at the right ends of the rows are spaced from the right side wall 3 of the building so as to provide transverse corridors 31 in each story at the right end of the building.

All the tanks are embedded in concrete C, poured around the tops, sides and ends of the tanks. In the course of construction of the building, reinforcement (not shown) for the first floor of the building is set in place and the first floor is poured and allowed to set. The rst oor tanks, which have been prefabricated, and aland lower passages.

ready have their reinforcing bars 25 welded thereon, are then set in position on the iirst floor. The space between the bottoms of the tanks and the rst floor is grouted. This may be done either with a grout gun after the tanks have been set on the noor, or by spreading grout on the floor and setting the tanks in the wet grout. n

The .tanks are arranged in spaced-"apart relation and forms (not shown) such as to provide rectangular spaces 39 between adjacent tanks extending the full height of the tanksvand wide enough for a man to pass through are "set up in place between the sides o f adjacent/tanks Suitable reinforcement (not shown) ,is set b'etween the forms and the sides of the tanks. Also, forms are set in place spaced from theends and from the front and rear of the'row "of tanks. In setting up the forms and reinforcementfit .is desirable iirst to set onerfend tank of the row in ,placeylonv the loor, set the reinforcement at the sides of this tank,`then the "form forthesp-ace'at ,the iside of 4the tank, thenthe side'reinforcement for the 'next `tank'in the row, and then to place the next tankin the floor, and so on for 4Vthe lengthfof the row. By thismethod'arnple working -room is provided. .After the sidereinforcemerit :andjforms have been set, the second `iioor reinforcement (not shown) is set on the top of the Aifirstrow "of tanks, and concrete is poured between the sides of adjacent tanks, between the `forms at-the ends of therowend the sides ofthe .end'tanks of the row, between the forms at'the front and rear ofv the row, and upon the tops of 'theltanks in therowto embed all the tanks in concrete and to form the second floor. The conucrete is preferably poured in successive steps, ,ratherthant'o a full story heightin one pouring, v to reduce the khydrostatic pressure of the poured concrete on the tanks `Afterrthe second ilo'or l'iasset,` the process is repeated upto the uppermost story. v

w Thegfo rrnswhich are set in place between the sides of adjaent tanks are provided with horizontal members jor forming horizontal grooves 4| at the sides Vof thespaces 39 at the mid-height ,-Q f,..,thes,e Spacesaroundthe tanks has set, horizontal forms 43 are AfterV the concrete poured set in place resting on the shoulders 45 at the bottom oithese grooves and concreteris Vpoured A,on the, forms 43to provide horizontal partitions D 41; dividing the vspaces 39 into upper and lower passages .43 and 5I respectively. EachA partition f extends'from the rear end toward b ut terminat- Ting shortof the iront end of the space 39 so as V,to leave .an opening 53 at the front end of the space 39 for communication between the upper The horizontal partitions .41, key into thegrooves 4l and, in addition to `dividingthe spacesSB into passages 49 and 5|, .act as struts takingthe side thrust of the hydrostatic load. of liquid in the storage chambers.

The forms 43 remain in place.

The passages t9 and 5i serveY as ducts `for'flow of `cool-.air supplied by air cooling equipment 35 Zto maintain 'fthe .contents of' the 'liquid storage .chambers cool.

`To`provide supply and return headers for the passages, each of the spaces 3l The upper passages #Slopen at into the lower header 51. The upper headers 55,

Yfor access to the interior of the tanks.

',its concrete encasement.

51, as showniby the flow arrows in Fig. It will be understood that the lower headers 51 may be ,utilized as supply headers and the upper headers v 5,5 Yas return headers by interchanging the connections witht'he air cooling equipment to reverse thedirection of ilow or air.

, jIjhejspacesBS areclosed at their front ends by Aconcrete walls 6l (Figs. 3 and 4). The right ends of headers 55 and 51 are closed as by doors 63. The'tan'ks lhave manholes 65 at their front ends As Will be understood, the tanks have inlet and outlet pipes (not shown) which lead through their concrete encasement. y y

To make it possible readily to determine the location of any leaks that mayoccur, and to clean up any contamination between a tank'and its concrete encasement, the building is constructed with weep holes for drainage of leaks, and with flush-out "holes for flushing out/any contamination which may result from aleakfin whatever space there may be between a tank and As-shownbest in Fig. 5, for eachtank abovethefrst storythereisn series of weep holes '61 extending 'diagonally through the concrete from thelowerside corners of any tank to the upper side corners Yof'the'two adjacent upperpas'sage's 43 inthe story below.

VThese weep holes 'are 'spaced Vat intervals 'along Athe length ofthe'tanks. They do not'fopen" into the'tanks.` If atank'springs 'a leak, the'liquid will drain ,outv between the'wall 'of'thegtank'and the vjoncrete aroun'd the tank and leak -out throughthe 'nearest 'weep hole. -`An inspector f passing throughl the upper passages 49 'will detect such drainage and thereby be apprisedlnotonly that thereis a leak, but also as to itsapproximjate vlocationjs'o that repair is facilitated. Weep' holes for the tanksl inthe first story lead to a basement corridor' (FigJZ). s

Asfshownbest'inflig. 6; there is'falso la'series of ush-out holes `59"e'xtending diagonally 'from the llowerside corners of each Vofthe passages v`5l above the first story leading to' the' 'upperf'side .the tanks, kH are vof the order of fortymveigfa lone. ten feet wide, and ten yfeet high, The

sbacesil are the same height asA thefta'nks'aiid are about one foot four incheswide. Therion- `crete v floor slabs and .the concrete at' the sides o f thetanks are of the order of one 'footfl'thick It ispreferabie to instan the tanks sloping 'slightfly downward toward the front, rather-thanper- Yfegctly horizontal, forY gravity Yiow of theinliguid contents toward the tank outlets whichware located at the front. i Y

1n view of the above, it win be seen therme Iseveral objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in the above constructions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

l. A building for liquid storage of multiplestory poured concrete construction wherein, in each story, there is a row of liquid storage cham bers each formed by an elongate tank o generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced tcp, bottom, side and end walls of relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal, tL e tanks in each story being arranged horiz/.cntally sidebyside and. spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below, each tank being embedded in concrete poured around its top, sides and ends, the con- 4crete covering the tops of the row oi tanks in a particular story forming a continuous floor for the row oi tanks directly above in the next story, the building being constructed with spaces of rectangular cross-section extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides or" adjacent chambers of each row, each of said spaces being divided into an upper and a lower passage by a horizontal partition extending through the space, with the passages in communication at one end of the space, all the upper passages in each story opening at the other end of the space into an upper header, and all the lower passages in each story opening at the other end of the space into a lower header, said headers extendtransversely across the ends of the chambers.

2. A building for liquid storage ci multiplen story poured concrete construction wherein, in

each story, there is a row of liquid storage chainf bers each formed by an elongate tank of generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced top, bottom, side and end walls oi relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal, the tanks in each story being arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below, each tank being embedded in concrete poured around its top, sides and ends, the concrete covering the tops of the row of tanks in a particular story forming a continuous door for the row of tanks directly above in the next story, the building being constructed with spaces extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides of adjacent chambers of each row, each of said spaces being of rectangular cross-section a full story in height and wide enough for a man to pass through and being divided into an upper and a lower passage by a poured concrete horizontal partition extending through the space midway of its height from one of its ends toward but terminating short of its other end, each passage being closed at its other end, all the upper passages in each story opening at said one end into an upper header, and all the lower passages in each story opening at said one end into a lower header, said headers extending transversely across the ends of the chambers.

3. A building for liquid storage of multiplestory poured concrete construction wherein, in each story, there is a row of liquid storage chambers each formed by an elongate tank of generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced top, bottom, side and end walls of Cil relatively light gage non-corrosive' sheet metal, the tanks in each story being arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below, each tank being embedded in concrete poured around its top, sides and ends, the concrete covering the tops of the row of tanks in a particular story forming a continuous floor for the row of tanks directly above in the next story, the building being constructed with spaces extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides of adjacent chambers of each row, each of said spaces forming a passage for flow of air between the sides of adjacent chambers, said building having weep holes extending diagonally through the concrete from the lower side corners of each tank above the iirst story to the upper side corners of the two adjacent spaces in the story below.

4. A building for liquid storage of multiplestory poured concrete construction wherein, in each story, there is a row of liquid storage chambers each formed by an elongate tank of generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced top, bottom, side and end walls of relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal. the tanks in each story being arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below, each tank being embedded in concrete poured around its top, sides and ends, the concrete covering the tops of the row of tanks in a particular story forming a continuous floor for the row of tanks directly above in the next story, the building being constructed with spaces extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides of adjacent chambers of each row, each of said spaces forming a passage for flow of air between the sides of adjacent chambers, said building having weep holes extending diagonally through the concrete from the lower side corners of each tank above the rst story to the upper side corners of the two adjacent spaces in the story below, and with flush-out holes extending diagonally through the concrete from the lower side corners of each of the spaces above the rst story to the upper side corners of the two adjacent tanks in the story below.

5. A building for liquid storage of multiplestory poured concrete construction wherein, in each story, there is a row of liquid storage chambers each formed by an elongate tank of generally rectangular cross-section having exteriorly reinforced top, bottom, side and end walls of relatively light gage non-corrosive sheet metal, the tanks in each story being arranged horizontally side-by-side and spaced apart with the tanks in successive stories located directly above those below, each tank being embedded in concrete poured around its top, sides and ends, the concrete covering the tops of the row of tanks in a particular story forming a continuous floor for the row of tanks directly above in the next story, the building being constructed with spaces of rectangular cross-section extending the length of the chambers between the concrete sides of adjacent chambers of each row, each of said spaces being divided into an upper and a lower passage by a horizontal partition extending through the space, with the passages in communication at one end of the space, said building having weep holes extending diagonally through the concrete from the lower side corners of each tank above nthe rst story to the upper side cormers :of fthe two Iad:la'txrnt 2 upper :passages 'f in yfthe stony below.

1.-'6. JSA 'fbultling 'fior liquid :storage fof zmltipleg:stur-y poured concrete :construction `wherein, fin Yeachsstory,thereiisearowaofEliquidcstorage ohambers :each -formed 'i by Jan elongate tank of igenferallyectangular; cross-sectiomrhaving exterioilfy freinforced iitop, bottom, side .and end walls of l relatively ligh-t :gage :non-corrosive sheet :.metal, the taks in ieach Stor-y fleeing :arrangeuhorilmentally fsideby-sidezand spaced apart @with 'the ttanks'iin successiva-stories located: direct1y-above those ibelo'w, eaehiltankfbeing Iembedded 2in incon- Ncrete ,2 poured :Ta-round its top, ysides :.andsends, -1 the umncrete)v covering the topsx of ithe .row f of tanks f munication atome :endI of scthe-ispacetsaid building 1having. weep fholes extending fdiagonallyg through the concrete fromithelower side cornersI of each diagonally `:through 1 tloeconcrete from f the :lower side corners of each of the lower passages=iabove the-rst story; to ythe upperside corners-of the itwoA adjacentl tanks inthe `story below.

OSCAR JANSSEN.

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